Regarding pcv vaccine

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Asked for Female, 28 Years

Hi, my baby is 10 weeks now, last time we completed 45 days vaccine, at that time we preferred painless vaccine it costs almost 6k , and my doubt is last time we had done painless can i go with general vaccines like government hospital vaccine is there any problem occur if we go with regular vaccine and one main doubt is last time Dr gave pcv13 vaccine, is pcv and pcv13 both r ssame or different I will attach vaccine schedule here please find and reply me anyone I don't understand what can I do now, can I go with pcv or pcv13 for 2nd dose

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Dr. Prathibha Reddy

Pediatrician 12 yrs exp Hyderabad

Hello , For children between 6 wks to 5 yrs pcv10 or pcv13 r given . Both r gud vaccines.go for pcv 13

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Dr. Rahul Kamble Pediatrician 11 yrs exp Bangalore · Accepted Answer

Dr. Rahul Kamble

Pediatrician 11 yrs exp Bangalore

1.PCV 13 Is like updated mobile ,which has almost all strains of Pneumococcal bacteria, so immunity is strong.And it costlier. 2.And as for as availability in government is concerned ,it is been introducing in phase wise manner in all states .So see it's availablity in ur State. 3.And there is nothing like painless or painful vaccine.All injection are painful.